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New Resource!

Race to Equity - a new book by Tim McCaskell.

As a front-line worker in a big city board of education, Tim McCaskell was intimatelly involved in the delivery of anti-racist, and anti-homosphobic programs to a diverse student body. In Race to Equity he chronicles, in vivid detail, the evolution of policices and pedagogy from the multicultural approaches of the 1970s to contemporary notions of equity. The result is a gripping tale of two decades of political and theoretical struggles reaching to the very heart of our education system.

To view the book cover, click

http://www.btlbooks.com/New_Titles/race_to_equity.htm

Race to Equity can be purchased for $26.95 at:

A Different Booklist, Another Story, and The Toronto Women's Bookstore as well as othrs, or directly from the publisher (Between the Lines) at www.btlbooks.com

Doctors without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières Canada (MSF) has just realeased "A Refugee Camp in the City: On
Assignment."

We have produced an educational resource package designed to foster better understanding amongst Canadian youth of the hardships experienced by millions of displaced people in the world. Through understanding of the realities of displaced people, we believe, we can mitigate racism and promote tolerance towards refugees in our own society.

The Video: Through interviews with MSF volunteers, youth who came to Canada as refugees, and internet dialogue, two students learn about life in a refugee camp and prepare a school assignment based on their research. The video includes four cuts, approximately 12 minutes each topics covered: Displaced People; Basic Human Needs; Refugee Camp Life; Health Care. Lots of Canadian content

Teacher’s Guide: A 60 page guide can be used as a companion to the video. The guide includes overviews, assignments, resources, and handouts. Lots of Canadian content with15 Lesson areas: The Use of Words; Forced to Leave; Seeking Refuge; Finding Refuge; Life Inside the Camp – Water; Life Inside the Camp– Sanitation; Life Inside the Camp – Food and Malnutrition; Life Inside the Camp – Trauma; Solutions After
the Crisis; Refugees in Canada; Refugees Coming to Canada; The Story – As We Hear It; Canada’s Role at Home and in the World; Refugee to Canadian Leader; and A Reason to Celebrate.

HOW to order the kit:
If you would like to purchase a kit - each includes the video and guide - the cost is $40 which covers the cost of reproduction and shipping. Taxes are additional. There are only 1,000 kits left and it is unlikely that there will be a reprint.

Send an email or letter to:

Médecins Sans Frontières Canada
c/o “A Refugee Camp in the City - On Assignment”
720 Spadina Ave. #402
Toronto, ON M5S 2T9
Fax : 416-963-8707 E-mail: msfcan@msf.ca Web: www.msf.ca

A History of Race/ism:
Produced By Tim McCaskell, Student Program Worker
Equity Department - Toronto District School Board - 1996. Click here for more information. (MS Word)

African History Month resources:
a) "The Missing Pages of Canadian History: Black History is Our Relevance"
This exciting interactive overview presentation of images and dialogue is a snapshot of the African Canadian Diaspora, captured by this very experienced veteran Canadian media practitioner. "The Missing Pages of Canadian History: Black History is Our Relevance" helps to illuminate Canadian diversity in its true form. The presentation is suitable for elementary school audiences (grades 6 through 8) and secondary school classes (grades 9-12).

Presentation contact:
William Doyle-Marshall (905) 472-3976
Email: doyle@the-wire.com
Calypso House
P.O. Box 192, Station F
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4Y 2L5

b) For a calendar of events in many locations across Canada, visit: http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~gpieters/bhmfebruary2004.html

c) Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora - This Educational Portal at http://www.yorku.ca/nhp/edulinks.htm provides many useful links and resources

d) More selected resources, including information about Rosemary Brown posters, are available here

Asian Heritage Month resources:

A complete listing of books, resources and activities for use in classrooms from the primary to senior levels is available. Please click here to download primary, junior and intermediate resources. Click here to download resources for intermediate and senior levels.

"A Study of the Settlement Experiences of Eritrean and Somali Parents in Toronto".
The study provided twenty-eight recommendations related to the challenges that Somali and Eritrean parents face in the school system, accessing adequate settlement services and working with Children's Aid Society (CAS), just to name a few. Full report here.

Anti-Racism Practices and Inclusive Schooling; Volume 33, Number 3, 2003
Edited by George Sefa Dei & Njoki Wane. This special issue of Orbit Magazine provides an action-oriented approach to issues of racism in schools. Includes the "naming of race" and instructional strategies for recognizing and respecting difference. Order from Orbit Magazine: http://www.orbitmagazine.ca / 416-923-6641, x 2077

Asset-Based Approaches to Approaching Poverty and Exclusion
The Policy Research Initiative recently held a conference in Gatineau looking at asset-based approaches to poverty and exclusion such as adult education and housing. A summary of the discussions that took place on the topic can be found in this report.
http://www.torontoced.com/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=1704
(Source: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/news.htm)

Building Equitable Environments …from the inside out!

Awareness of personal bias and the lens through which we see the world is the foundation of meaningful equity work.

BEE provides equity workshops that start you on a personal process, making equity work something you feel, (not just a list of things to do) which informs:

What you teach
How you teach it
What you include
What you recognize is missing

The space you create & the value you place on the contributions of your students

Annemarie Shrouder 416.910.8653 ashrouder@sympatico.ca

Workshops * Consulting

Annemarie Shrouder is passionate about equity and education. She has a Master of Arts degree in Equity Studies from OISE, and during the five years she worked as a classroom teacher, she participated in and facilitated workshops in equity. She has reviewed curriculum (for equitable content and practice) for Curriculum Services Canada, as well as for the Toronto District School Board (Asian Heritage Month curriculum). She co-authored a document (“Eyes Met and Unmeeting”) on including sensitive issues in the classroom for the Peel District School Board and is the co-author of The School That Equity Built (ETFO, 2000).

Calendars
Unity Arts - MultiFaith Calendar
Interfaith Calendar for Holy Days

The Canadian Women's Health Network has created and designed several *women's health posters* that are available for your campaign, free of charge.

http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/posters/posters.html

Put the posters on your website, in your newsletter, or print multiple copies using a colour photocopier or a colour printer (they require standard 8 1/2 x 11 sized paper).

Poster topics currently available include:

*Violence in the home*
http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/posters/home.pdf

*Homecare system in crisis*
http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/posters/homecare.pdf

*Medicalization of women's reproductive cycles*
http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/posters/blood.pdf

-- and more!

Visit http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/posters/posters.html to view, download and print your posters -- and put them wherever you can! (Please do not alter or edit the posters in any way without prior permission from CWHN).

Brought to you courtesy of the Canadian Women's Health Network, http://www.cwhn.ca
Working Hard to put women's health in the national spotlight.

Diversity Recruitment Advertising Toolkit.
The Diversity Recruitment Toolkit is a directory of over 600 national newsletters, magazines, journals, web sites and job boards targeting college-educated minority professionals. It also includes listings of over 140 advertising agencies that specialize in recruitment advertising and marketing.

The following bonus materials are also included: A Job Posting Checklist; A Diversity Recruitment Advertising Checklist; Strategiesfor Creating Effective Job Postings; Diversity Recruitment Advertising Strategies; Tips For Developing Non-Bias Job Descriptions; Tips on Selecting a Recruitment Ad Agency; An Overview of Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws; Advertising Agency Association Directory; Recruitment Advertising Legal Guidelines; Recruitment Advertising Abbreviations Guide; and a Guide of Terms to Avoid with Recruitment Ads

For more information about this, 230 page guide, go to:
http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/recruit/recruitadbook.asp

Other important links:
TMA Diversity Staffing Center
http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/recruit/

TMA Multicultural Networking Calendar
http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/datebook/calendar/

Tracey deMorsella, Managing Producer
IForm Technologies, Inc.
Home of The Multicultural AdvantagePhone: 215-849-0946
E-mail: tdemorsella@multiculturaladvantage.com
http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com

Fundi Educational Resources has developed two new and exciting history resources!

Fundi Educational Resources specializes in African focused resources, curriculum development, and educational workshops.

Fundi Educational Resources has published two curriculum resource units for grade 7 and grade 8 History teachers.
“African Canadian Contributions to New France and British North America” By Natasha L. Henry

Blacks have played an important role in the early development of what we now call Canada. Blacks were interpreters, slaves, farmers, builders, soldiers, and educators.

The historical information and activities in the unit will help students understand and appreciate the contributions of Blacks in establishing early Canadian communities and in the development of the Dominion of Canada.

This unit will assist teachers and educators in making their History curriculum more inclusive and reflective of Canada’s diverse communities.

“Blacks in Early Canada: 1860 – 1920”
By Natasha L. Henry

Canada’s Black population increased dramatically in the 1850s when American slavery laws forced escaping slaves to flee further north for safety, resulting in thousands of fugitives arriving in British North America. Between the 1850s and 1920s Blacks in Canada worked to establish themselves as Canadians, to dismantle racist attitudes and practices, and to make Canada a more welcoming place for all. This unit will assist educators in making their History curriculum more inclusive and reflective of the Black experience in Canada.

Features of Both Resources:
- Information cards on Black contributions to early Canada
- A variety of activities to reinforce learning
- Supports the new Ontario Curriculum guidelines for grade 7 and 8 History
- Vocabulary word lists
- Easily reproducible
- Lists of additional resources for teachers and students
- Answer keys

To purchase, please contact Fundi at fundi_edu@hotmail.com or at (416) 845 - 4949

Green Dragon Press women's history and equity issues materials:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/equity.greendragonpress/ays

Human Rights Education manual available online
A new manual on Human Rights Education entitled 'Understanding Human Right's has recently been published by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its objective is to assist human rights education efforts worldwide and to be used in different cultural settings, by human rights educators and learners, looking for a basic understanding of human rights. Experts from Argentina, Austria, Canada, Greece, India, The Netherlands, Mali, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States contributed to the manual, edited by Wolfgang Benedek and Minna Nikolova.

The manual, which has 336 pages, can be downloaded at:
http://www.etc-graz.at/human-security/manual/.

If Low Income Women of Colour Counted in Toronto
by Punam Khosla
Download the report, If Low Income Women of Colour Counted in Toronto, here .

International Women's Day 2003 - Immigrant Women Building Community:
Selected Resources for all grade levels are available here
For information about International Women's Day posters and other resources, click here

Media Awareness Network's training materials on online hate
and media and race:

MNet's two new resources are about Media and Race and On-line Hate. Each resource, available on CD, includes a Powerpoint presentation with speaking note, a facilitator's guide with extensive background material and highly interactive workshop activities, as well as detailed lesson plans, resources and a mock hate web site. The lesson plans include "Understanding Online Hate:, "Propaganda Techniques on Hate Sites", "Free Speech vs. the
Internet", "Challenging Hate" and "Ethnic and Visible Minorities in
Entertainment Media". The resources are designed either to be used in a group workshop situation or as self-directed tutorials for individual educators.

Media and Race and On-line Hate were originally designed for teachers of students in grades 7-12. We are also exploring whether the content should be adapted for non-formal education purposes as well. The two resources will be launched in early 2005.

To get an idea of some of the background information contained in the resources, you could check out MNet's on-line material on
stereotyping at http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/index.cfm
as well as the section discussing on-line hate at
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/online_hate/index.cfm
(You might also want to check out the Be Web Aware material at
http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/default.aspx, since it contains resources about cyberbullying.)

Mount Royal College of Alberta Youth and Crime Study
Download the 125 page report on causes of youth crime, that was delivered at the Mount Royal College March 23rd Crime Prevention Through Social Development symposium. It was developed by 5 applied research undergraduates under the supervision of Doug King, Chair, Department of Justice Studies at the College. You can visit their website at

http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/healthcomm/justice.htm
Download the report here

Paying the Price: The Human Cost of Racial Profiling http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/consultations/racial-profiling-report.shtml
FACT SHEET: What is Racial Profiling?
FACT SHEET: Racial Profiling Inquiry - Background and Process
FACT SHEET: Racial Profiling Inquiry - Objectives
FACT SHEET: Racial Profiling Inquiry - Major Themes
FACT SHEET: Racial Profiling Inquiry - Main Report Recommendations
FACT SHEET: Racial Profiling Inquiry - What's Next?

Race, The Floating Signifier - V1507 o VHS o 60 minutes
1996, USA, Media Education Foundation, Kinetic Video www.kineticvideo.com

Stuart Hall is one of the most significant and influential scholars in the development of media and cultural studies. He is also renowned as a gifted public speaker and teacher. In this program, Hall goes beyond the vast body of knowledge available on the effects of racism to help us understand the deeper questions about how race is represented. Hall shows that the meanings of racial signifiers, (like skin colour) are never fixed, but depends upon cultural context, and are discursive constructs, or "floating signifiers."

Resources from the Halton District School Board and ETFO
Here at Halton DSB we are doing a bulk purchase order for the updated ETFO We're Erasing Prejudice For Good books. I have listed web addresses below where I have posted each grade book list with prices from S& B books. These prices of course are not accurate and may change over time - do not quote them as fact. It may be useful to schools in your board that are working on increasing their collection of these titles. Some books in the kit that are out of print might not be listed here. There are of course many sources for these books, we happened to find S& B gave us the best prices.

Suzanne Muir
Diversity Coordinator
Halton District School Board
JWS Centre
2050 Guelph Line
Burlington ON L7R 3Z2
phone: 905-335-3663 ext. 3257
fax: 905-335-9802

Rethinking Schools - Magazine and website www.rethinkingschools.org
Founded in 1986 by activist teachers, Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials. We advocate the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.

SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN and GIRLS
Are you LIVING, STUDYING or WORKING in the YORK REGION?
Or studying @ York University?

We offer free training, resources and information on:
Woman Abuse Services
Violence Against Women & Children
Feminism
Healthy Relationships
Racism & Discrimination
Sexual Violence & Harassment
Issues faced by South Asian Women & the Community
Empowerment & Leadership

The WOMEN'S SUPPORT NETWORK needs YOUR help to STRENGTHEN our COMMUNITY

Which of the following would you like to do?
Volunteer in various departments
Meet with a counsellor one-on-one for confidential service
Talk to and meet other women with similar experiences
Inform the community of what you think are important issues
Learn strategies to become a strong leader in the community
Participate in our "Train-the-Trainer" series on women's issues & crisis intervention
Gain support in being a woman with multiple identities
Share with us your rich unique experiences and your knowledges

Please CALL us @ 905 895 3646

We speak URDU, PUNJABI, and HINDI and would love you to join us to increase this list.
We are fully wheelchair accessible. We can provide interpreters and accommodations to
make our space as barrier-free as possible for all women.
24hr free crisis line 1-800-263-6734

The Barbershop Show: Youth Teaching Youth - Using Music As An Educational Tool To Empower Youth
The production revolves around the atmosphere of an urban barbershop while showcasing a cast of positive young role models. The Barbershop Show blurs the lines between concert and hip-hop musical by using comedy, spoken word, music, skits and props to create a truly innovative performance. The goal is to improve the cultural comprehension and similarly race relations among youth to provide them with opportunities to voice their opinions on issues of concern or interest to them.

2005/2006 school tour themes include: Human Rights & Youth, Anti-Racism and HIV/AIDS & Youth.

Contact: Tamara Dawit/The 411 Initiative for Change - Tel: 416-473-3595 Email: tamara@whatsthe411.ca

To view the program guide, click here.

Toronto Aboriginal Resources and Links (Source: http://www.miziwebiik.com/)
Miziwe Bik, which provides Aboriginal employment and training, has a number of links and resources for Aboriginal people and agencies such as an online business startup course, a community garden, links to local organizations and a wide range of resources specific to Aboriginals. http://www.torontoced.com/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=1703

Toward Understanding: Moving Beyond Racism and Islamophobia
The Muslim Educational Network, Training and Outreach Service - MENTORS at 1920 Ellesmere Rd. Scarborough, ON M1H 3G1, 416-279-0785

The overall project involves the development of anti-Islamophobia resource kits for elementary, intermediate and secondary schools, which will be developed into workshops delivered by community facilitators in schools in Toronto, York Region and Halton.

The brown book - Voices of Young Pakistani & Muslim Activists from Toronto and Lahore
The brown book is an anti-racist educational resource. It is the voices of two groups of young Pakistani and Muslim community workers, volunteers, & activists; one group working in Lahore, Pakistan, and the other in Toronto, Canada. The brown book tells the stories of these community workers, as well as engages them in discussions of the real issues they are facing: genderissues and religious fanaticism in Pakistan, and Islam and activism in Canada. The stories and insights of these activists have been woven together with pictures of themselves and images of their work into a full-colour, 60-page magazine.

The brown book was created with two main ideas in mind. First, to combat racism through storytelling. The second thrust of the book is to provide role models and to inspire other youth.

For more information about the brown book and workshops, contact:
Shakil Choudhury
25 Fielding Ave.
Toronto, ON M4J 1R4
416-463-7695
thebrownbook@rogers.com
www.brownbook.cjb.net

The Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble - Native women performers
Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble was founded in 1999 with a commitment to bringing Native women's stories to the stage. Veteran theatre artists, Jani Lauzon, Monique Mojica and Michelle St. John have won over audiences and critics with their first original play, THE SCRUBBING PROJECT. Co-produced by Turtle Gals, with Native Earth Performing Arts in association with The Factory Theatre, THE SCRUBBING PROJECT ran from November 15 - December 8, 2002.

Over the past few years, we have received many requests to bring our work to schools - we are now developing a dramatized lecture presentation for middle and secondary schools. This new piece was originally commissioned by Mayworks Festival in Toronto and will be tied into the Ontario curriculum, though it is applicable and appropriate for any class or school, interested in augmenting their Indigenous studies curriculum. This lecture presentation will focus on Aboriginal People at Work in North America and will be ready for classrooms by May of 2004.

For more information and/or to book Turtle Gals for your conference, community or university program: info@turtlegals.com, call 647.435.4674, or visit www.turtlegals.com

BOOKSTORES IN AND AROUND TORONTO

A Different Booklist
746 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R6
(416) 538-0889 F (416) 538-6914

Another Story
164 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4K 1N1
(416) 462-1104

F (416) 462-9115

Burke's
1032 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario M6C 1C4
(416) 656-5366
F (416) 656-9403

Glad Day Book Store
598 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1Z3
416) 961-4161
F (416) 961-1624

Nile Valley Books
1921 Gerrard Street East
Toronto, ON M4L 2C2
(416) 686-7441
(800) 368-0079

Parentbooks
201 Harbord Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1H6
(416) 537-8334
F (416) 537-9499

The Constant Reader
111 Harbord Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1G7
(416) 972-0661
No Fax

The Source
Tel. 1-866-772-7230
Fax (519) 927-5452
gmsource@look.ca

This Ain't The Rosedale Library
483 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2C6
(416) 929-9912
Email: TATRL@aol.com

Toronto Women's Bookstore
73 Harbord Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1G4
(416) 922-8744
F (416) 922-1447

info@womensbookstore.com

University of Toronto Bookstore
214 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5T 3A1
F: 416-364-8843

Librarie Champlain
468 Queen St. East
Toronto, Ontario M5A 1T7
(416) 978-7907
416-364-4345
F (416) 978-7242

La Collection Francaise
92 The Kingsway
Toronto, Ontario M8X 2T7
416-239-3861
F: 416-232-9562